Born in London, England, Daniel studied at the Royal Academy of Music and at Pembroke College, Cambridge University. When he was eighteen years of age he became the youngest ever winner of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition.
He has previously held principal oboe positions with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the City of London Sinfonia, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Northern Sinfonia. As a session musician he has recorded for numerous artists and films, including several for Disney including the live action version of ‘The Little Mermaid’, the Harry Potter and Star Wars franchises and for Barbra Streisand, Rihanna and Stevie Wonder.
He is a frequent invitee to the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove in the UK, the Lockenhaus Music Festival in Germany and to the Yellow Barn festival in Vermont. He also founded and runs the Fitzrovia Arts Festival.
Internationally, he has given solo recitals in venues such as the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and at various festivals partnered with musicians of international renown including Cecilia Bartoli, Jörg Widmann and Elizabeth Leonskaya.
His solo and chamber music recordings include ‘Heatwave’, ‘One Note Away…’, ‘Pure Bliss’ and ‘Lamenting Lullaby’- all available on Spotify and Apple Music.
A professor at The Catholic University of America, he lives in Washington DC with his husband Hunter and their Pomeranian dog Fitz.
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